Dimitrios Shipwreck 🚢 Valtaki Beach 🏖️ Selinitsa

Dimitrios (Greek Δημήτριος) is a Greek shipwreck famous due to its picturesque location on an easily accessible sandy beach near Gythio, Greece. Peviously named Klintholm, the small, 67-metre (220-foot) cargo ship of 965 gross tons cargo capacity built in Denmark in 1950, was registered in the Prefecture of Piraeus, registration no. 2707. The ship belonged 76.75% to the Molaris Brothers (Greek: Αφοί Μόλαρη) and 23.25% to the Matsinos Brothers (Greek Αφοί Ματσινού). Dimitrios has been stranded on the beach at Valtaki (Greek Βαλτάκι) in today′s Evrotas municipality in the prefecture of Laconia, Greece, since 23 December 1981.
There are many rumors about the ship′s origins and how it got stranded on the beach. Most relate that the ship was used to smuggle cigarettes between Turkey and Italy. She was seized by the port authorities of Gythio and then deliberately released from the port and left to be dragged by the sea to the beach. Others claim after she was abandoned in Gythio port after financial difficulties by the owners she CX was swept about 2 [nautical] miles [2.3 miles; 3.7 km] away during severe weather conditions. The temporary anchorage did not last for long, as the ship was swept away again and finally stranded at its current location on the beach at Valtaki on 23 December 1981. The ship was then simply abandoned there and no attempts were made to recover her.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_(shipwreck)

Nice viewpoint towards the shipwreck. You can also access the beach and approach the wreck. But be careful!

Swimming at the shipwreck is also possible.